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title: What did the husband ask his wife to prepare, and how did she respon… — Indian Folklore, Ball-Carrier, part 13… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the husband ask his wife to prepare, and how did she respond to the request? Exam question 3 of lesson 1212 «Indian Folklore, Ball-Carrier, part 13: the witch buries the gold and the bridge, and Ball-Carrier goes home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 3 · Indian Folklore, Ball-Carrier, part 13: the witch buries t…

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What did the husband ask his wife to prepare, and how did she respond to the request?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** husband, wife · **What happens:** ask, prepare, respond · **To what, where:** wife

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1212 «Indian Folklore, Ball-Carrier, part 13: the witch buries the gold and the bridge, and Ball-Carrier goes home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1212-pg3282-part13/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1212-pg3282-part13:e3:1
# text = What did the husband ask his wife to prepare, and how did she respond to the request?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	prepare	prepare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
13	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	respond	respond	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · do-support | the husband |  | husband's wife |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **prepare** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the husband *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **respond** *speech: other* | past · do-support | wife |  |  |  |  | to the request | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to request=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A roasted redbreast, which she killed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1212-pg3282-part13:e3:o1:1
# text = A roasted redbreast, which she killed
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	roasted	roast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	redbreast	redbreast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roast** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **kill** | past | a roasted redbreast |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A roast bird, which she cooked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1212-pg3282-part13:e3:o2:1
# text = A roast bird, which she cooked
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	roast	roast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cooked	cook	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | past | a roast bird |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent which=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A roasted goose, which she plucked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1212-pg3282-part13:e3:o3:1
# text = A roasted goose, which she plucked
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	roasted	roast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	plucked	pluck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roast** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **pluck** | past | a roasted goose |  |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A boiled hare, which she caught

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1212-pg3282-part13:e3:o4:1
# text = A boiled hare, which she caught
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	boiled	boil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **catch** | past | a boiled hare |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |

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